Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service -- Confusing or missing disclosures -- Complaint #5759412

Complaint Overview

Complaint ID: 5759412

Company: Paypal Holdings, INC

Product: Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service

Sub-Product: International money transfer

Issue: Confusing or missing disclosures

State: Delaware

ZIP Code: 19802

Date Received: 2022-07-11T12:00:00-05:00

Date Sent to Company: 2022-07-11T12:00:00-05:00

Company Response: Closed with monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A

Submitted Via: Web

Consumer Narrative

I am renting a home in XXXX. I have a friend locally who went to see the home in person and we decided to move forward with the rental. I had to submit a payment to secure the unit - either cash could be given in person ( I send money to my friend to give to them ) or we could try digitally. We decided to send the payment with Paypal to minimize stress for my friend who was local. On the payment confirmation page Paypal said that I was sending, paying and the recipient would " get '' $ XXXX on XX/XX/2022. The recipient confirmed that he did see the payment coming through but there was a significant commission charged by Paypal of over 5 %. Ultimately he was charged XXXX to receive the funds although Paypal 's website very clearly states that the same amount would be paid, sent, and got - for the receiver that was not the case and I am personally responsible for making up the difference. Once the transaction took place it was too late to cancel it. I called to ask if a one-time exception could be made to cover the fees so that the payment would be as it was presented on the confirmation page. They let me know there was nothing they could do to help- they said there isn't an internal team that reviews for UDAAP complaints but they could submit the call for review of potential regulatory violations. I asked what they follow up from that team would be, the manager ( who was supposed to the highest level on the phone ) stated he didn't think there would be customer follow up, but was unsure and didn't have a resource to address to gain clarity. Had I known that the seller would not get or receive the amount I was sending in full I would have chosen a different method to send the funds over to him. I now have to pay additional fees to send the money charged as a fee for the initial transaction. Frustrated feels like an understatement. The only thing DID specify as a reason the recipient may receive less was foreign taxes - however, there was no tax charged, solely a fee from PayPal.. I find the language used on their site to be deceptive and unfair. As a consumer, I've essentially paid Paypal to send money and I'll be in a scenario where I'll have to figure out how to pay my landlord while potentially incurring additional fees as I do it. Had the language and fee breakdown been properly explained I would have not used the service. For me, $ XXXX isn't going to absolutely destroy me, but for someone else it may. My issue is that it is extremely deceptive and pretty unfair to advertise that a recipient is receiving an amount Paypal knew at the time I was initiating the transaction that they would not.

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